true. but, like, there's a DSM only shop here, and they work on some Nissans, some Honds, eclipses and talons.

i never really thought anything of it tll you guys started talking about DSM..

 

lol okay
dsm means diamond star motors
what happened... was that mitsubishi and chrysler decided to start producing cars together, and those cars were the eclipse, plymouth laser, and eagle talon
and then when the second gen eclipse came out... i think that was 94 or 95... chrysler left and mitsubishi took control of DSM and renamed it mitsubishi north america
so yeah
the only DSMs are 1st gen eclipses talons and lasers

 

Standard Engine

2.0L 120 hp I4
2.0L 120 hp I4
2.0L 120 hp I4
2.4L 162 hp I4
2.0L 286 hp I4
2.0L 286 hp I4
2.0L 286 hp I4
2.0L 286 hp I4

Horsepower
120 @ 5500 RPM
120 @ 5500 RPM
120 @ 5500 RPM
162 @ 5750 RPM
286 @ 6500 RPM
286 @ 6500 RPM
286 @ 6500 RPM
286 @ 6500 RPM

Torque (lb-ft)
130 @ 4250 RPM
130 @ 4250 RPM
130 @ 4250 RPM
162 @ 4000 RPM
289 @ 3500 RPM
289 @ 3500 RPM
289 @ 3500 RPM
289 @ 3500 RPM

this is the possible engines for lacner....

 

were you really? did you go look at it? doesn't surprise me, you should have seen how many people were looking at the car even when i was there. It was supposed to be $6900 with the system as put up on cars.com and $5400 without, but hesold it to me with the system for $5400. The subs are nice but i'll probably sell the system when i can get an accurate idea of how much it's worth. according to how he was gonna sell it that would tell me the system is worth $1500, but i don't know enough about that stuff to know. the car did have a misfire though, which i knew before i bought it, so its at the chevy place now where they are fixing an intake manifold leak. but otherwise the car is sound, has magnaflows, K&n filter, ss spoiler, etc. A few scratches here and there but nothing terrible. the leather is a bit worn with a couple nice cigarette burns in the back, but i'm gonna swap in my leather seats out of my v6 which r in mint condition.

 

forgive my noobness, but what do u mean hold the break, every race i've been in has been from a roll coincidently so i guess i'm not very experienced out the hole.

 

push it to the floor, then rev to about 2k... or however much the stock converter goes to... and drop it like you would the clutch on a standard transmission while slamming the gas at the same time... okay hard to explain but whatever

 

i gotcha, thanks

so then what does a stall do exactly? allow you to launch at higher rpms?

 

your converter uses fluid pressure to operate. this is the mechanism that allows it to slip when you are stopped, otherwise the motor would get dragged down and stall. so even though your stall is at xxx RPM, you can get a little more out of it. so do as poison said, hold the brake hard, and start giving it gas. you want to rev until you think the brakes cannot hold the rear wheels and the car is about to start a brake stand..... kinda...... you will be able to get a little more out of your verter than the stall says. not much, but a little. the higher you are able to get your rpm the more power you will be making off the line and the better your 60' will be (assuming you dont spin).
the other thing this does is it reduces the thrashing your drivetrain takes on the launch. if you just mash the gas all of the drivetrain components will just get slapped together. however if you preload all of them like this then you get a smooth take off, no parts getting thrown together. you can get away with making some more power without breaking things

 

yea yea yea. i know it's diamond star motors. i think DSM also includes the 3kGT and stealth though too dont they? but yea. this "DSM only" shop works on some hondas/nissans, eclipses and talons. i dunno about 3kGTs or stealths though

 

I wouldn't suggest revving the car to 2K rpm and then mashing on the gas, this is a great way to make tire smoke all through first gear, especially on stock rubber. If you had drag radials it would be a different story. I can say from experience that when I revved my car to 2K and just hit the gas off the start the tires slipped all through 1st gear. You can't just mash the gas, it's going to take some practice for you to learn how much the car can take before the tires break loose.